Civil Disobedience - ANSWER a public, non-violent, and intentional breach of law with the aim of bringing about change in policy
Jury Nullification - ANSWER "non guilty" verdict returned by a jury, despite the knowled
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Civil Disobedience - ANSWER a public, non-violent, and intentional breach of law with the aim of bringing about change in policy
Jury Nullification - ANSWER "non guilty" verdict returned by a jury, despite the knowledge and facts that point to guilt
Jury basically says he did not do it, even when he did
National lawyers guild and its relation to protests - ANSWER observes police action during protests
provides "know your rights" training
tracks arrested persons
provides attorneys for protest related cases free of charge
why do some protesters choose to wear masks beside covid reasons? - ANSWER protection from gas/pepper spray
sign of resistence
hides their identity
avoid police harrasment
example of digital civil disobedience - ANSWER hacktivism: a hacker whose activity is aimed at promoting a social/political cause
ex: information distribution: acquisition and release of secret information
ex: anonymous whistleblowing
what are ag-gag laws? - ANSWER laws created in the 1990s to criminalize trespassing, audio/video recording, employment fraud
recently they are laws that deter or punish people for whistleblowing on animal cruelty related issues
rapid response laws - ANSWER laws that state people who witness animal abuse on. farm are required to report it in under 48 hours
what two events have led to a number of anti-protest laws? - ANSWER 1: standing rock protests
2: summer 2020 BLM protests
what is strategic incapacitation? - ANSWER methods used by law enforcement to hurt protests by limiting their ability to move and function
main characteristics of strategic incapacitation - ANSWER command
control
miami model
miami model - ANSWER in 2003, protests related to the free trade area of the Americas or FTAA were shut down by police using these practices/tactics
crowd control and pre-emptive arrests
concepts associated with strategic incapacitation - ANSWER 1: disrespect to media and 1st amendment
2: an intolerance for community disruption
3: intense efforts to control access to space
4: information management
5: surveillance/spying on legal protesters
6: excessive show and use of force
7: militarization
Information Management - ANSWER making tweets or arranging press-conferences to mischaracterize protests and or protestors
ex: saying protestors are all bad
Kettling - ANSWER 1: a controversial form of crowd control
2: the formation of large cordons of police officers who move to contain a crowd in a limited area
3: once confined, police could deploy tear gas and pepper spray ect
when does surveillance of protestors become an issue? - ANSWER when the rights of privacy of law-abiding citizens become infringed upon
what is an issue being raised about non-lethal forms of crowd control? - ANSWER police should be using what is called de-escalation techniques as opposed to crowd control
what is the pattern between strategic incapacitation and escalation of violence? - ANSWER there could be arguments that claim these strategic incapacitation techniques are causes for escalation of violence in protests
what is the impact of the arrival of federal agents in portland during summer 2020 protests? - ANSWER 1: against the wishes of local government federal agents started using excessive force and evasive action
2: they detained suspects without proper warrant without identifying themselves
3: once they left portland saw peaceful and nonviolent protests
president's task force on 21st century policing:
education - ANSWER 1: police must educate themselves on the social identities of these subgroups
2: knowing their values, aims, goals, morals
president's task force on 21st century policing:
differentiation - ANSWER 1: treating everyone in the crowd equally
2: acting against the whole crowd because of the misbehavior of a few can be really bad
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